[Sca-cooks] Harvest times

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On May 14, 2006, at 12:38 AM, Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

> Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>
>> I  remember the story of the death of one of his brothers, and  
>> much more  pleasantly, the story of Frank's first Communion, and  
>> how he, in his  excitement, threw up the Body and Blood Of Christ  
>> in his  grandmother's side yard...
>
> I haven't read the book, nor am I a Catholic, but I was under the  
> impression that Catholic laity are not given the wine during  
> communion.

I don't know if it's a Vatican II thing or not, but it appears to be  
at the discretion of the parish or the priest, or some other local  
functionary. My own church doesn't always offer the sacrament in both  
species, as the expression goes, but they do quite frequently.

Now that I think about it, though, you're right: I believe Frank only  
throws up the Body of Christ in his grandmother's side yard, setting  
in motion much sturm und drang. It's actually pretty hilarious, the  
juxtaposition of this supposed sacrilege (purely both accidental and  
incidental) with the real crux, of the grandmother's reaction and the  
extraordinary measures she's prepared to take to erase/exorcise said  
sacrilege, well beyond the recommendation of the local parish priest  
("just wash it away with a little water, don't worry about it, and  
stop bothering me with silly questions"). Upon which, of course, the  
grandmother vents her righteous anger on that "ignorant bog-trotter"  
sitting in the rectory, calling himself a priest.

This is just another in a series of tirades we get to see from the  
grandmother, who is forever grousing about something, ranging from  
ignorant bog-trotting priest to Franks odd manner to his North of  
Ireland hair that refuses to stay down when spat upon and combed...

But we digress ;-)

Adamantius





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